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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back., A8 c3 q% n+ F! h% l) [
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。9 o: K3 _2 ] T8 I/ [: |" ~9 i
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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.' x0 a: e' t# T5 g h2 q+ Y1 V2 E
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這男孩不過5、6歲。& B- H7 ?/ H/ B: M
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '/ j4 M& A( D$ `8 w
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』; b2 C4 v( y' P( z" C
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
( t* k7 O: M, K) S! c5 S. Y* C1 i8 Qare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' ', _ R+ [3 p% n) j5 J
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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9 O& q! q; H1 O3 S! `0 U4 w! F「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '8 ? y3 o: E$ z& ] h
老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.* W, f- b2 ` L, e5 h' j- p
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。
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% R5 i Q4 u8 wThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.* x* Q) N }# P& L- R
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
) f# r% g* m9 y1 D L" j最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 3 r* O! P0 g% G; I! v" V/ k9 J
! y8 Y4 e. z' w8 I# [: M4 Q7 F'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.
" M) c4 G& b7 g' o' G『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。7 S( l# H9 i! P2 z* Y5 s4 [
" N* a0 p0 [! M! yShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
9 Y# T! F* z* X( U) o- n# x她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
8 j0 q2 ~- f fI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.4 B9 F9 D6 }/ F, B0 P
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。4 D' b* }7 y% Q" W: P) r
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But he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '
" X, ^ Z2 i, V x. C# P* C! D. |, d0 O但他哀傷地回答我『不！聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽，當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』1 U T; B: x8 s2 i8 b
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His eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '
6 e& p, {; k/ U6 z/ R: o1 R他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝，因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』$ ~1 i5 P" [- |# R
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My heart nearly stopped.- g, t" l8 W2 |, A% y9 o! x7 z
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。 I7 [8 c4 s A$ [* o0 |+ X
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The little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '
6 u4 i; d. |- D2 M小男孩看我說：『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走，讓她等我從購物中心回來。』
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$ N, J0 j4 V# S- d+ N/ P7 j2 E$ ZThen he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '8 `* r( u; X1 t$ y: B; o
然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片，這樣她就不會忘記我了。』
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'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '
2 V) ?1 g+ D% D( O7 o『我愛我的媽媽，我希望她不要離開我，但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』 J; i0 q5 `* W- [" D0 Z9 |
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2 s L6 K6 B& w; V7 A+ \Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.6 R" j% Y4 W5 d6 E" I/ ~
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。6 M Y) l6 i7 J
& m0 D8 i' d9 A: v& QI quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '6 z+ e/ W- o" ]
我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下，說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』
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7 t8 e' p& |4 }$ z'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.3 z* c) N* N9 C3 L
『好呀！』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見，我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中，我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了，甚之還有剩餘呢。
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '+ K' V$ Z, d* r( s+ Z( z: r
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』1 ~3 c- k$ o9 s
9 D( p% ~* s' ` {4 DThen he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '0 l1 w! T( b J# w9 n0 v. r
然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前，我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃，因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』+ D. Y# d/ c8 [
- e6 |8 w' }6 T( Z4 M! o'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '+ g; v' ]8 h8 l1 s5 `
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『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽，但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』
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6 Y7 k4 i) P( K. T7 r- \'My mommy loves white roses. '' Y7 r0 v0 t2 [* |" S
『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.9 T6 N V* L* Z
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。
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$ |8 j# ]& j7 O4 |8 @6 PI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.: T3 c% X4 N# z, T9 V5 Z% m
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.% T! X$ F. o8 V% T3 n) z$ G7 n
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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% P7 L9 ^* U+ [* c# kThen I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young% @# _, X& W% N. @' f2 f
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我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章，提及一位醉酒卡車司機，撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。$ g) L9 `9 j/ |& m
% O% ~, E& v; J( m: Y) B& UThe little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.
# n' w0 X! c+ y3 j小女孩當場死亡，母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管, p( `# u* D9 M+ \% X
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。
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他就是這家庭的小男孩？
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/ j% r; I! R+ {Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
: Q8 T3 h3 W: r4 @( t7 I; D碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。
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; q7 T) V" d4 e. p2 XI couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.7 G/ V; g! Z" C# M* M3 ^
我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰，來到喪家，年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。
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She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.( Y# t5 v5 ^4 D3 R: y
她在那裡，裝在棺木中，在她的手中握著一朵白玫瑰和小男孩的相片，娃娃則放置在她的胸口。: A# }; ? O% b6 J4 m
* p, }# w0 M, J4 V. EI left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is7 a7 a7 M% m0 B$ Z
still, to this day, hard to imagine./ C% k$ Z, n" T9 R
我離開了這裡，眼淚奪眶而出，覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今，小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛，仍然難以想像。
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.2 W. h) ]$ H% m/ k( G' ^
就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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